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y E. P. JOHNSON. Stove-Truck."

Pateted April 27, 18:30T

Q5 a lever to raise the i nrrrn @rares iiinrnnr @leeren u EDWARD 1r. JOHNSON, 4er weer, rnnirsrrvnuin.

STOVEHTR'UCK;

l SPEGHIG'ATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 27',0l6dated Aplii 27,1880.

l I V' Application filed `Februari;28, 1880.

'To all whom it may Concern: f

Be it known that l, EDWARD F; JOHSON,

" of Troy, in theleonnty of Bradford and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new 5 and vuseful improvements in Stove-Trucks5 and l do hereby declare that the i'oiiewng is 'a full, clear, and exact description ot' the in- `Wennen, which will enable others skilled in. the art to which it-appertains to make and use the saine, referenee being had to the aeeompanyin-g haw-ings, and to tire letters of reference marked thereon, 'which form a part of this specification. y g

This invention` reiates to an improved stovetrueir; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of parte, as will he hereinafter more fully set for .1n

In the annexed drawings,.Figure lis a plan View, and Figa is a section on line a: Fig. 1.

In the drawings., n. indicates the axles; B, the Wheels; u, the eh D, the tongue attached te forium; E, holsters; F, standards; side pines cross-hars; a, chain attached to the side preses and passingthrough an eye attached. te the tongue; 1), pawi attnehed to orient' the -ierward erosshars; c, notch to engage pau-i5 d, gnidesfor parti.

The running-gear may he lef any ordinary construct-ion, to the holsters of which are pivoted the standards F, ii'hinh are in lturn piv oted to the sidepieees, Gf.

llhe ehain A is attached te the side pieces andA passes through an e in the pole or tongue, by which mean ongue is used as which is held in piace by the pawi b.

The operation oi' 'tire ee is as follows:

ton gne being t Ward cross-nar is not new.

4sneu as rny invention', but,

i The device,

the position shown in dotted is run under a stove. The n down raises the frame and the stove within The pawl prevents the lines in Fig.

frame from resuming its 'dat position rear-Ward.

and the guide suiiporis it in the other directioin iBirnen it is desuv d to repifiee the stove the nawi is released and the frame iowered until the legs of `the stove rest upon 'the iio'or. Bythis arrangement there is a great saving of iinoiind'tiine" iii transporting" stoves and the operationv easilgiY and simply eii'eeted.

it is envious that otherartieles mayaiso he transported by this truck, if desired.

am air-are that a trunk having;` a pivoted 'frame adapted to he raised or lowered by the tongue acting as a lever and heid in its upright position by means of a rocking reach having a notoh to engage with the upper'forand I do not elaim Havinggthus fully described my invention,

what I elaini as new, and desire to secure by.,

The standard F, pivo'ted to the hoisters E, side rails, G, and cross-hars H, in combination with the paw! Y), piifoted to the forward stand ard, F, reach C, having notch c and guide d,

the chain a, 'uid tongue D,suhstantia1ly as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have'hereto aiiixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

'ED WARD F, J O I'INSON. Witnesses:

J. i, MoUoLLoM, 'DELos Rooxwnrii. 

